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Australian Electoral Commission
Information from the financial disclosure returns lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) by candidates for the Farrer by-election, held on 9 May 2026, is now available for public inspection.
The election disclosure return information is available on the AEC’s Transparency Register at https://transparency.aec.gov.au/.
The return information covers donations received, electoral expenditure incurred, and discretionary benefits received by candidates that contested the Farrer by-election. All twelve candidates lodged returns, with six of those candidates lodging nil returns. A further eleven election donor returns were also lodged.
Note: A candidate endorsed by a political party may lodge a nil disclosure in circumstances where the relevant financial transactions were the responsibility of a party committee and are reported in the political party’s annual return for the 2025–26 financial year. The political party return for the 2025-26 financial year will be available for public inspection on Monday, 1 February 2027.
The Transparency Register is a searchable database of financial disclosure information. It includes a data-export function to enable users to undertake additional analysis of the data outside of the Transparency Register.
Any questions on the navigation of the Transparency Register should be directed to the AEC’s Funding and Disclosure helpdesk on 02 6271 4552.
Editor’s notes:
Candidates are required to disclose the total sum of donations received and used to fund their campaign, along with the number of donors and details of donations received where those donations total more than $17,300 from a single source. Details of electoral expenditure and discretionary benefits are also required.
Candidates endorsed by a registered political party may submit a ‘nil return’ and roll their reporting into the annual return for their party if those financial transactions were the responsibility of a party committee. Political party returns for the 2025-26 financial year will be released in February 2027.
Donors must report donations totalling more than $17,300 made to an individual candidate. Donors must also report donations received by a donor totalling more than $17,300 from a single source that were used in turn to fund donations to an individual candidate.
Further information on the financial disclosure scheme can be found on the AEC website.
The AEC acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters, culture and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
